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r - — TfllEE SHIPS SUNK NAVAL FWBT IN NOKTB SEA- ' SUBMARINES ACTIVE T0IPED0 BOATS GO DOWN Rivftl Navies Clash When Submarine Attacks Destroyer—Other English Destroyers Pursue Undersea Boat and Its Torpedo Boat Accessories —Both are Destroyed. Naval activities again came to the front. London reports a naval en gagement with the loss of a torpedo destroyer for the British,and two torpedo' boats for the Germans. Ger man submarines apcpar to be increas ingly active, and have sunk six ships in the last few days. Aircraft are also unusually alert. The British admiralty in announc ing the sinking of the two German torpedo boats, in the North Sea and the British torpedo boat destroyer Recruit, said: ‘A series of small affairs took place in the neighborhood of the Gallloper and North Hinder lightship Saturday. “During the forenoon H. M. De stroyer Recruit was sunk by a sub marine, four officers and twenty-one men being saved by the trawler Daisy. "At 3 p. m. the trawler Colombia was attacked by two German torpedo boats, who approached her from th,e westward and commenced an action without hoisting their colors. The CAlombla was sunk by a torpedo, only one deck hand being saved by the other trawlers. "A division of British destroyers, comprising the Laforey, Leonidas. Lawford and Lark, chased the two German vessels, and after a brief running fight of about one hour sank them both. “The British destroyers sustained no caaualties. “Two German officers and forty- four men were rescued from the sea and made prisoners of war." • l/owdon reports that German sub marines, which for two weeks had been confining themselves to the North Sea. where they sank several trawlers, again have appeared on the trade route off the west coasts of Ireland and England I/ondon says a Lloyd's dispatch an nounces the destruction of the French steamer Europe, from Barry for St Nasalre. with a cargo of coal, sear Bishop's Rock Saturday The submarine permitted the crew of the Europe to leave the ehlp and then ahelled the steamer, which fail ed to ntak. Meanwhile the skipper of the ■«»»»" drifter Roeevtne. attracted by the noise of the submarine guns. Investigated, whereupon the subma fine started to chase the Rosevtne The Koeevlne sent up distress rockets and was proceeding toward the^cllly island when a patrol boat, which pre viously had not been seen, owing to the foggy weather, ape pa red Together the patrol boat and the drifter went bark toward the Europe at which the submarine was still fir ing Half a mile off from the Eu rope, the Kosevlne picked up a boat loaded with members of the crew of the steamer. The work of rescue was Interrupted by three shells from the submarine which fell within 30 yards of the drifter Then aparently alarmed at the ap pearance of the patrol boat, the sub marine tor|>edoed the Europe, which dis&pepared In a cloud of steam and coal dust The submarine carried no number. The British steamer Fulgent was sunk by a German submarine north west of Skelig rocks in the dark of Saturday morning, says Lloyd's dis- atch from Kilrush. Ireland. A boat containing nine survivors and the body of the captain, who had been shot and killed, was rescued by a trawler and landed at Kilrush. The trawler was unable to find the second boat containing the remaineder of the Fulgent's crew. Yarmouth. England, reports Mon day: The trawler Barbados has ar rived in a damaged condition as the result of an encounter with a German torpedo boat off the Belgian coast Saturday. The captain was wounded in the foot, but the rest of the crew escaped unhurt. The Barbados reports that the trawler Colombia was torpedoed and sunk with 17 hands. One survivor and one German bluejacket, who had fallen overboard, were brought to Yarmouth by the Barbados. The Barbados defended herselfr HURL SHELLS 23 MiJtt GERMAN BIG GUNS HIT DIXMUDE I^ROM POSITIONS AFAR. small guns and the captain says the German was evidently hit, as steam was seen escaping from her. The wheel house and funnel of the Bar bados were riddled with shot. Ixuidon has reported two victims aff the west coast of England and Ireland. They were the British steam- sr Edale, sank off the Scilly islands, ind the' Russian steamer Svorono, at tacked off the Blasket Islands. Both jrews were saved. Paris reports; “One of our aero planes, while flying this morning >ver Home, was hit by a splinter 'rom a shell which penetrated -the •eser voir. The machine, however, ucceeded In returning to our lines; passing over the first line of German renches at a height of only 400 iictres. It was riddled with bullets Bring this difficult flight, and at the noment of landing came under the ■r-e of the enemy’s artillerq. The iviotors. nevertheless, returned un- njured.” * Berlin reports’Sunday that on Sat- irday two more French aeroplahes vpre—dim bled. One was destroyed leaf Rheims by a gun fire. The >ther, belopging to an air squadron, ras forced to land at a point to the lorthwast of -Vardan. Loadoa reports: A dispatch to rka Mail from Arm wells, on the icrth coast, .-ays that four Zeppallns verb sc eaut f 30 o’clock Saturday light e.gkt miles from the French at First Thought Ten tonic Fleet Had Attacked Town—Shells Hurtle Over Trenches of Armies. ‘ V ' London reports: Two war sensa tions excited London Friday. The first, due to a misunderstanding of.a French official report, was caused by the news that the German fleet wga out, having come down almost to the Straits of Dover and bombarded the town of Dunkirk. This was speedily corrected, only to give place to an other and in some respects greater sensation, for both British and Ger man official statement agreed that Dunkirk had been bombarded by ar- tllelry from land. All official reports in the posses sion of the British public put Dun kirk, which has long been the princi pal British advanced base, at least fifteen miles back of the firing line, at the nearest point held by the Ger mans. Consequently two theories are being hotly agitated by the peo ple. The first and most generally credited is that the unwelcome news of a further advance by the Germans, putting Diinkirk within range of the 42-centlmetre howitzers, may spon be expected. The other theory has no better basis than the many reports from Germany that the Krupp works were busy manufacturing guns of .55 cen timeter, or 21-inch, calibre, designed to mount on the heights near Calais —when the Germans succeeded In mreaklng through—and command the Straits of Dover. These guns would have a range of twenty-one mils, and the theory is that some of them have been completed, brought up to the firing line, and fired at Dun kirk for experimental purposes. The fact" remains, whichever the ory accounts for It, that nineteen shells of enormous calibre fell into Dunkirk to-day, and that twenty per sons were killed and forty-five Injur ed bjf them. Folkestone, England, reports: Reugees arriving from Dunkirk re port that six shells from the German 17-lach guns fell In Dunkirk at Inter vals of ten minutes. Considerable damage wag done to the town. The women and children of Dunkirk are leaving In large numbers. I«>ivion reports: The bombardment of Dunkirk, which was repeated Sat urday and which has resulted in con siderable loss of life, has caused many women and children to leave the town The Germans can repeat the bombardment wheneved they de sire with the big guns which former ly were posted on the coast to ward off attacks from the allied fleet and which hare been moved toward Nteu- port. I’arto reports: “Information receiv ed from a deeerted is to the effect that for about two months engineers of the .irupp gun works have been directing In the suburbs of Dlxmude, a sector where there has been no fighting, the Installation of a machine gun capable of firing a shell over a very long range. It Is this gun which may have bombarded Dunkirk. The gun is believed to have a range of 23.5 miles "Only nine shells were fired on the second and last bombsrdmept of the French seaport There is reason to believe that the gun either has been damaged by a method of fire which the most powerful pieces do not re sist a long time or that the continual presence of our aeroplanes has b:*d the effectsof stopping its fire. EMDEN S CHEW ESCAPE German Sailors Escape and Make Ixmg Trip—Repulse Attack. The crew of the German “warship' Aysha, composed of men who escap ed when the cruiser Emden was de stroyed by an Australian warship in the Indian ocean last November, have escaped again from allied patrol ships. They arrived at the Arabian harbor of Lidd. March 27. They cov ered by sea the 300 miles from Ho- deida to Lidd. After reaching the coast the sail ors attempted to continue their jour ney overland, but were attacked bj Arabs, supposedly at the instigation of the English. After three days’ stubborn fighting the attacks were repulsed and they reached the road to'Hodachas, where the railway was open. The adventurous Germans suf fered heavy losses. Storm Causes Death in Texas. Over twenty-one persons have been killed as a result of a severe storm against the torpedo boat with two which swept through Texas during the last days of last week. BERMANS MAKE FAST ARTANCE INTO RUSSIAN PROVINCES IICH FARMING DISTRICT They were moving southward. Paris reports: German aeroplanes bombarded various towns of Eastern France Sunday. Four machines flew over Eplnal, capital of the French department of Vosges, and dropped 20 incendiary bombs. No one was hurt. The only damage was two small fires. Aeroplanes also visited Remire- mont, T-fi miles east of Epial. There French aeroplanes rose to meet the raiders and the Germans turned -to wards their own fr/mtier.’ Berlin reports: T^he enemy lost three aircraft Saturday^ An English airman was shot down sodtfiwest of Thielt (near Bruges, Belgium), an other fell near Wieltje as the result of our fire and a third enemy aero plane was obliged to land near Nied- ersulzbach." Paris reports: “One of our aero planes, while flying Saturday morn ing over Homme, was hit by a splin ter from a shell. ■‘WJiich penetrated the reservoir. Tire machine, however, succeeded in returning to our lines, passing bver the flr?t line of German trenches at a‘ height of only 400 etFMi Ik was-rid died with be daring this difficult flight and at the moment of Jtadlnf -came under th%l ire of tho enemy's artillery. The’ aviator* nevertheless returaed unin-' )«rod. H Russians Think Movement a Cavalry Raid—Von Htndenberg May be Up to New Trick—Russians Meet Aus trian Offensive Near Szawle— French and Germans Gain in West. Petrograd reports: A general Ger man offensive movement once more is under way along the entire Prus sian border from Tilsit to the Vistula River. The German advance this time evidently Is aimed at the Baltic provinces,, which are rich in crops and other food supplies. From Polangen, a town in the Bal tic province of Courland, it was re ported that an increased number of German cruisers were preparing to assist the contmplated advance of the land forces. On the Carpathian front nothing has happened in the last two days to alter the curiously balanced Situa tion, namely, the Russians directing an offensive against Uzsok and the Austrians attempting a movement In the direction of Stryj. The Austrian forces temporarily are abandoning their attacks at other points and are being concentrated In an effort to bend back the Russian left wing with Lemberg as the ultimate Austrian ob jective. , The increasing Russian menace on Uzsok pass, however, Russian mili tary observers say, has brought this movement to a standstill, since with Uzsok In Russian hands the opera tions of the Austrian right wing, de prived of most Important support, would automatically collapse. A number of persons were killed, many others were injured and much material damage was done as the re sult of an explosion in an ammuni tion factory In the suburb of Okhta . An official communication issued Friday report* increased activity In North Poland. We*t of the Niemen German advance guards are said io be pressed closely by the Russians. German attacks near Ossowlec and between the river* Pl*aa and 8kwa failed Near Jednorojet, the Ger mans suffered heavy losses A new offensive by the Au*tro-G«r- mana In Galicia In the vicinity of Qor- lice la said to have begun In the Carpathians attacks of Austrian* near Utsok pas* were unsuccessful The Russian* have taken the offen sive near 8try. Ijuwdoa reports a dispatch from a Petrograd source: "German cavalry, useless for trench flghtlnfl In Flsn den and the Carpathians, is now moving in the extreme north between Gen Eichhon's army and the ae The chief advance Is along the Dub- lasa tributary of the Niemen In the direction of Siawle. The Russians see Field Manhal von Htndenbarg's personal hand In this new spectaru lar movement. The region is with out strategic value except for the pur pose of foraging, and. owing to the lack of roads and nllways. can not be used for great movements of In fantry and artillery, unleas they are landed from transporta above Polan gen “Doubtless It is hoped that this cavalry movement will impress the Scandinavian neutrals and the. local non-Russtan population of the Baltic provinces, besides giving von Hlnden- berg an opportunity of attempting to outwlth the new Russian commander in the north. Michael Alexeyeff. Im mediate Interest is centred In this campaign, as the Russians have driv en the Germans backward at Mlawa and along the entire front in North Poland." Ijondon reports: On the remaind er of the western front things are comparatively quiet, although the French apepar to be still on the of fensive between the Meuse and the Moselle rivers, the Germans claiming to have repulsed attacks there. Con sequently. with the situation at the Dardanelles established, interest has turned again the eastern front and particularly to the Russian Baltic provinces which are being raided by the Germans. The extent of this new raid has not been disclosed. Although the Ger mans announce that the Russians evacuated and burned Szawle and re tired toward Mitua, there is no evi dence of any big battle being fought and the Russians express confidence in £heir ability to deal with the new diversion. Along the east Prussian frontier and in Central Poland there has been a renewal of the fighting which the spring floods Interrupted, while in the Carpathians, where the ground is drying, the Russians and Austrians again are contending for Uzsok pass. For the moment the Russians have turned from their offensive against thaffcass to attack the Austrians who were threatening their communica tions In the direction of Stry and have, according to their report, won considerable success, capturing two heights and a number of prisoners. They also claim to have repulsed an attack by the’ Germans who hold a line near Wyszkoif further eastward. It Is expected* a 6Tg offensive soon will be undertaken on the eastern front. probably by the Germans who have been fe6Iihg their way toward the Russian positions around the East Prussian frontier, although this may be a feint to hide a movement on some other part of the line. Rcrlln rejKjrts Sunday: “Our op erations In northwestern Russia are progressing. Near Szawle (Shavll) we captured 400 more Russians. Pur suing the flying uussians the German vanguard reached the region to the southwest of Mitau. " “The Russians made an attack la regtoa *4 Katwry (Bat Pren^ •lan frontier), bat were repulsed with heavy losses. Three hudred. Rus sians were made prisoners." reports Saturday: “U Ike theatre: A battle near Baawla la oar favor. The Ri after suffering heavy losses retreated after setting fire to Ssawle. They went In the direction of Nltau, capi tal of the Russian province of Cour land. They are feeing pursued. “Up to the present (In this engage ment) we have made 1.000 prisoners and have taken ten machine guns, a large quantity of baggage and am munition wagons and much ammuni tion. ^ Attack of the enemy at and couth- west of Kalwarya, a Russian Poland town 25 miles northeast of Suwalki, were repulsed. “We took 350 Russian prisoners. "The Russians succeeded In attack ing a German advance company by night and inflicted much damage upon it. « ;J “To the east of Plofck (northern Poland) and on the southern bank of the Pilica river, weak Russian at 1 ’ tacks were beaten off.” London reportg^*>4n their continu ed attacks on the Germans north of Ypres to recover territory lost in the drive , of the kaiser's forces, the French troops are gaining ground, ac cording to official statements Issued in Paris and London. The French war office indicates that the area won is from nearly a third to five-eighms of a mile wide. The British state ment remarks that “sensible pro gress" has been made. Berlin reports: "In Flanders, the enemy after heavy artillery prepara tions again attempted to storm our new positions to the northeast or Ypres. The French attacked strong ly between the canal and the road from Ypres to St. Julien. The Brit ish attacked feebly to the east of this road. The efforts of the enemy were unsuccessful owing to our active flank and back fire from Broodseinde and Veldhoek? Two machine guns fell into our hands. "In the Argonne our attacks to the north of Four de Paris progressed. In spite of a strong’' defence the French lost several trenches and 156 prisoners. “Between the Meuse and the Mo selle the only heavy fighting was in the forest of Le Pretre, where the French attacked In great numbers. We repulsed all the attacks, some of heavy losses for th< tjjred ninety men. “In tfte Champagne district, north of Le Mesnll the French attempt to win back their former positions re sulted Id failure “In the Argonne district, to the north of Four de Paris, a trench of the enemy was captured. German troops here took prisoner one French officer and thirty men and held the ground gained against repeated French counter-attacks. “Between the Meuse and the Mo selle French attacks on positions con quered by us on the Heights of the Meuse resulted lu failure. Aleo to the north of Fllrey a French charge failed, with heavy loaaes In tha fighting on the Heights of the Meuse between April 24 and April 18 the French lost in prisoners 43 offlcera. Including three regimental command ers. and about 4,v00 men " ENBUSI LANMN6 PATTIES EN COUNTER RESISTANCE INVADER GAIN GIODND which reached intp our trenches, with e enemy. We cap- G0ES THROUGH ARMOR Big Gun* of Penaaylvaala Will Pierce Maximum Armor Afloat. Secretary Daniels Sunday night la- sued a statement on the big guns of the American fleet While conceding (hat the British battleship Queen Elizabeth s guns throw a larger shell, Mr. aDnlels points out that she car ries only eight 15-Inch rifles, com pared with twelve 14-Inch weapons on the United States battleship Penn sylvania. “There is an axiom with regard to aclibre which amounts to this: That a ship should mount the smallest big gun that will pierce the enemy's ar mor over vitals at the maximum probable fighting range," says the secretary a statement. The 14-inch guns of the Pennsylvania will get through the maximum armor afloat, so far as our knowledge goes, at a range of 12,000 yards. The Queen Elizabeth's 15-lnch guns will do little more than that. If our information is correct as to tjie velocity of the British 15-inch guns, the 14-lnch guns of the Pennsylvania will range a llttre farther than the Queen Eliz abeth’s 15-lnch guns. “The Pennsylvania mounts twelve guns to the Queen Elizabeth's eight. "Counting volume of fire and prob ability of hitting, we see that at bat tie range the number of blows de livered by the Pennsylvania in a given time will exceed those given by the Queen Elizabeth by 70 per cent No one can doubt the advisability of delivering seventeen hits to ten of the enemy. “Now, if we compare these guns at a range greater than armor-pierc ing range we find that the Pennsyl- van's guns range quite as far as a maximum as those of the Queen Eliz abeth. Both guns range farther than they would have any hope of hitting a ship." NEGBO INVADES HOME Sheriff and Posse Scouring Greenville and Pickens for Fugitive. Sheriff Hendrix Rector and a posse are scouring the upper end of Green ville county and also Pickens In search of a negro who Saturday night at 8:30 o’clock entered the home of a white woman hear Traveler’s Rest, In the upper section of the county, and -after kssanitlug her; robbed" the house. The negro called In the af ternoon and talked to the woman and asked where was her husband. He retired..to the woods until dark and then surprised her. A negro suspect was arrested early Sunday morning by the sheriff, but he was not the man. according to the victim. She said the negro had had scars on both cheeks and no mus tache; the man caught had the scars but • mustache. He also proved- a good alibi. - , - Reports are that~ tbtr etttras Tlf the upper part of the county are aroused and several have called at the jail to know If the light negro caught, promising a visit he had. Five Points Selected fey British Oom- mander for Died^berluMioa — French Land on Asiatic Side of Penlneuln But Boon Evacuate Posi tions—Casualties Heavy. - - - - ( Ijopdon. reports: After very seri ous fighting. In which the Turks of fered a stubborn resistance, British troops, according to an official state ment issued Friday night, have firmly established themselvqs on the Galli poli peninsula and made considerable advance toward the narrows of the Dardanelles, while the French have cleared Cape Kum Kale, on the Asi atic side of the strait, of Turks. Thus it may be said that the second and most serious attempt to force the Dardanelles kas been fairly launch ed. The Turks, under the guidance of their German officers, placed every obstacle In the way of the invaders, but against the fire of the allied fleet and the galalntry of the army they were forced to fall back. The Brit ish forces lost heavily in the opera tion. Six points were selected for the landings, which began at daylight of April 25. At five points they were Immediately successful, but at the sixth, near Sedd-el-Bahr, the troops were unable to advance until the eve ning. The Australians and New Zea landers landed on the west coast of the Gallipoli peninsula, directly across the country from the strongly fortified narrows. The other British troops disem barked at the extreme end of the peninsula, and by the 28th, when It was decided to give the men a rest and time to consolidate their posi tions, they had reached the neighbor hood of Krlthla, which is on the road which runs along the peninsula and over which they will make a June tlon with thetr comrades from the dominions and attack the forts guard ing the narrows In the rear. The French tooq possesion of Cape Kum i-^je after they had previously attacked toward Yenl Shehr, to the south on the Asia Minor coast. While these land operations were proceedings the fleet, besides cover ing the landing of the troops, kept up a bombardment of the forts lu tha Dardanelles and prevented rein force- meets from reaching the Turks from the Bee of Marmora. One Turkish troopship was sunk by the British battleship Queen Elizabeth, which Is believed again to have been firing her big guns across the peninsula, directed by airmen. The .troopship was sunk off Maldos. s town well la side the narrows, which later the tat tleehtp Triumph bombarded and set on fire. The official account of the landing of the allied troops dose not bear oat tbs overoptlmlsttc reports from Greek towns which preceded It and which mentioned thousands of prisoners as having been captured, the total of men taken by the allies being offi cially given as 500. These were cut off by the fire of the shtps. Neither does the report mention operations off Smyrna nor in the Gulf of Saros against the Bulalr line of forts: but It Is certain that these points are being watched to prevent reinforcement reaching the Turks. ConaUuitlnople reports Friday night: “On April 28 the fire of our batteries damaged the French armor ed cruiser Jeanne D'Arc, which start ed for Tenedos In flames. An Eng lish destroyer was sunk by our shell flr» on April*28 at the entrance to the narrows. "Sixteen armored cruisers attacked our advance batteries at the narrows on April 27, but up to evening the thousanls of shells fired upon our b&tteriee and infantry positions re sulted only In the wounding of a number of soldiers. “Two transports off Sedd-el-Bahr were struck repeatedly by our ssells, and one of them was beached. We sank some boats and sailing vessels. “The British battleships Majestic and Triumph, which had been damag ed, had to withdraw from th6 fighting line. “For the last two days the enemy fleet has undertaken no operations against the narrows." London reports Sunday: It ap pears that the Turkish report that the Asiatic part of the Dardanelles is free of the Invaders was correct, the French having gone ashore there only to make the landing of the British on the other side easier, and this ac complished, have been withdrawn, doubtless to land at some other point. News of these operations Is awaited with ithe greatest Interest, as for the moment they are considered among the most important of the war. The British war office announces that 2<Vmen of the British fleet were killed and 53 wounded in the landlpg operations' against the ^Dardanelles between April 25 and April 30. An unofficial dispatch from Athens says that 4,000 French troops who were landed on the Asiatic side, returned to their transports after the purpose for which they were intended—sup porting the occupation' of , certain points by the British—had been ac complished. % CMiteeae A*- 9 , China haa replied to ths . demands in a note, which, wl plying with some of then!, < refused to accede to others,' L- the most Important embodied ! Is known as Group 5. ,, ,. China also has furnished to tha Japanese minister, Ekl Hioki. a Uat of further conceaslons which she la willing to grant, but after perusing the note and the Uet, M. Hioki de clared it was far from oompiflug with the 24 demands as presented by Japan. This action was taken after Presi dent Yuan Shi Kai had thoroughly discussed the entire situation with his cabinet and his advisers. The Chinese plenipotentiaries met the Japanese plenipotentiaries on Batur- day at the foreign office and present ed China's reply, which In substance, refused the so-called general demands of Japan. M. Hioki asked whether those whre China's maximum concessions and then whether he should cable hie gov ernment. -V-vT .. Lu Cheng-Hsiang, Chinese foreign ^ « minister, replied that thane were China’s maximum concessions 4sd that the Japanese minister could no Inform his government. The eonlev- ence terminated with neither the Jap- anese nor Chinese asking for another meeting. Should Japan now rpeaeot an Ulti matum or occupy further territory In China It la Intimatfcd the Chlnaee probably would appeal to the fear powers which are pledged to China’s , Independence. The Chinese note briefly recites the history of the negotiations. It ^ denies Japan's charge that China has displayed procrastination and delay ed the conferences by disputing vari ous points and also the chargee of Chinees Insincerity and unfriend li nes*. it further denies that China Is conducting a newspaper campaign abroad. These were the reeaeaythe Japanese plenipotentiaries Kar« Ml presenting thetr latest list of M de mands aa a preliminary to pn nHl- malum. The list of concession* le In the nature of counter proposals. Chinn has the right to participate In an In ternational conference la which the atlered status of fihaa Tung wUl be arranged; Indemnity for leeme k%- curved In consequence of the IMatf Tea campaign, aa dales restpi of the status aa before the war. three req nests China's original counter' China offers farther with respect to Mnnchi meeting the Jet Chine accedes to three ot the < meads regarding _ opening of treat w ports. rallumy loans and tho non-plodgtng of local taxes. The agrteultnml de mand la rejected. ' Respecting the Haa-Tor-Flag sam pan y, China agrees that, pending eventual formation of n Chlno-Japa- neoo company, tho govern! (i 7^i ness company, the government may VI not make the company state-owned or borrow foreign capital for tho re- . payment ot tho Japanese loan. The ? Women aa Farm Hands. Washington. D. C.-^Few people realiz^iow many women hire out on farms for field labor. In this country there are k million and a half jromen field workers, more than all the wo men dressmakers, milUnert. women tailors, hat. cap, collar, cuff and shirt rkers combined f Raider Wilhelm In’ The German raider Kroeprtnx Wil helm has decided le Intern at Va. payment ot the Japanese loan. Chinese understand that la able to Japan. China rojocts the fifth group, with the exception of the moderate Fukien demand, which pledges that ae for eigners shall receive coastal noonea . ■ions or contracts wlthoat Japan’s consent. >r Group five comprises seven arti cles relating to the employment %% China of Japanese aa advisers in po litical, financial and military affair*, supervision o( the Chinese police, the right of Japanese ownership of lands, Japanese supervision over the manu facture or purchase by China of mo nition of war, various railway and mining rights and the right by the Japanese to propagate Budhlem la China. Lu Cheng Hslapg informed M. Hioki at the conference Sunday that the quotations embodied In Japan’s revised demands were composed of words and statements of which he had made use In the course of his ex planations as to why China could not consider group five, the Japanese minister having requested such ex planations. Lu Cheng Hsiang added that as a fundamental misunder standing existed the plenipotentiaries had better say nothing further con cerning group five. M. Hioki made Inquiry regarding the absence of railway concessions, to which the Chinese foreign minister replied that China’s good faith was at stake, as she had already granted definite concessions to another power. ASK FAII PLAY* FOR CHINA % \ Chinese Six Companies Address Let ter to Secretary Bryan. “Fair play for the Chinese repub lic" is asked In a letter sent to Sec retary Bryan Tuesday by the Chi nese Six Companies, representing n membership of eighty thousand Chi nese in North and South America. The letter follows a cabled appeal to The Hagle Tribunal by the same or ganization and declares that China “as a republic looks to the United States for friendly interest and pro tection." 1 The Frankly Jealoin Editor. The new electric aign In the front window of the’ Farmer^ ' National bank is attracting consideiltblo atten tion. The sign is equipped with a series of letters so that any wording desired may be used. Last week It was saying, "Taxes now dee, pay at this bank." We are thinking eomo of borrowing it and patting In the ‘ * this o a do* bin tag apwa Jiu